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Rackspace Looks to Boost OpenStack Adoption
OpenStack pioneer Rackspace has moved to boost enterprise adoption of the cloud operating system with this week's release of a managed private cloud service that can be installed in ...Full Article
Rackspace Jumps on Container Bandwagon with Carina
Rackspace used this week's OpenStack Summit in Tokyo to jump on the application container bandwagon with a native container environment. Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) said its Carina container environment combines ...Full Article
Intel, Rackspace Target OpenStack Development
Chipmaker Intel and OpenStack leader Rackspace are joining forces to promote enterprise applications and cloud scaling within OpenStack source code. As part of a new cloud initiative announced by ...Full Article
Cloud Competitors Nip at AWS’ Heels
Well-established cloud service providers remain enterprises' partners of choice, but challengers are nipping at their heels as more organizations turn to cloud for myriad infrastructure needs, a new report ...Full Article
Rackspace Ramps Up Open Compute Iron
The Open Compute open source hardware project got its start more than three years ago when social media giant Facebook, which was at the time using custom server designs ...Full Article
Rackspace To Go It Alone, Focus On Managed Cloud
For the past four months, Rackspace Hosting, one of the main driving forces behind the OpenStack cloud controller and Open Compute open source hardware, has been entertaining a number ...Full Article
Rackspace Adds MySQL Services, More Databases Coming
Rackspace has expanded its managed cloud services, adding two open source variants of the MySQL database along with plans to add another database to its support list by mid-August. ...Full Article
Rackspace Flips The On Switch For OnMetal Instances
A month ago, Rackspace Hosting previewed its OnMetal bare metal servers, which are configured quickly and sold with utility-style pricing like its virtual machine instances. Now Rackspace is ready ...Full Article
Big Data Prefers Bare Metal
Benchmark testing of a database running on bare metal versus virtual public cloud servers found that the physical machines outperformed the virtual machines in terms of throughput and latency ...Full Article
Rackspace Unveils ‘Managed Cloud’ Strategy
Cloud services provider Rackspace is unveiling a "managed cloud" strategy built around new service levels and a pricing model aimed at businesses looking for single- or multi-tenant servers, or ...Full Article
